Being Straight And Called Nasty Homosexual Slurs Isn’t The Same
What King fails to realize is that when he is called a ‘faggot’ (I’m guessing thats the term used), he isn’t then likely to get beaten up in an alleyway for being gay.
Barney Frank has to take that possibility into account.
The difference between King’s supposed situation and Frank’s is one has a violent threat as its subtext.
Lawmakers trade charges on threats – Jonathan Allen and Jake Sherman – POLITICO.com
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), who shouted encouragement to tea party protesters through a megaphone during the weekend, said he had been yelled at last fall by fans at a University of Iowa football game. He would not repeat the words he said were hurled at him but said the tirade was “about sexual orientation” in response to his opposition to same-sex marriage.“I would think that Barney Frank has a thick skin. I have thick skin. If he doesn’t, I’ll give him thick-skin lessons,” King said.
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